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Translator: sourceLanguage property

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The sourceLanguage read-only property of the Translator interface returns the expected language of the input text to be translated.

A Translator instance’s sourceLanguage is set when creating it via a create() call.

Value

A string specifying the source language. This will be a valid BCP 47 language tag.

Examples

const translator = await Translator.create({
  sourceLanguage: "en",
  targetLanguage: "ja",
});

// Logs "en"
console.log(translator.sourceLanguage);

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